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Who holds the health record in Chile?

In 2026, Chile scores 39 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record: rank 61= of 65 countries, in the Weak band (25 to 44). Who holds the keys: Institutional. Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-02.

Providers and insurers decide. Its strongest right against the other countries is research and trial consent (50, against a median of 49 across 65 countries); its weakest is connected care journey (38, median 62).

Chilean law gives patients a free, portable copy of their record, but records stay provider by provider and the new data law may slip.

Published · updated · data as of 2026-10-02 · research tool, not legal advice

39overall, of 100 · Weak
61=rank of 65
Institutionalwho holds the keys
mediumconfidence
90 · Platinumevidence grade (DTI)

Can I get my health records in Chile?

Access to the full record scores 45 of 100 in Chile, against a median of 62 across 65 countries. Ley 20.584 Article 13 gives patients a free, complete copy of their record in a structured, portable format, but only on request to each provider. The national Portal Paciente shows vaccines, GES guarantees and waiting lists, not the clinical record.

Can I control who sees my health record in Chile?

Control and consent scores 35 of 100 in Chile, against a median of 52 across 65 countries. The law bars staff not involved in care from the record and makes providers log who opens it, but patients have no opt-out, consent switch or visible log. Scored at the top of the lowest band because no national sharing system is live.

Eight rights, against Mexico, Colombia, Argentina and the EU

Patient access to the full record20%4555 · 45 · 60
Patient control and consent20%3535 · 27 · 48
Privacy and security15%4040 · 50 · 42
Connected care journey15%3838 · 50 · 45
Protection from commercial use10%4245 · 50 · 45
Clinician access at the point of care10%3535 · 50 · 42
Research and trial consent5%5050 · 45 · 49
Clinical AI governance5%3038 · 35 · 40

Black dot: Chile. Hollow dots: Mexico, Colombia, Argentina (scores on the right, same order). Grey line: median of all 65 countries. Dashed teal line: EU median. Overall: Chile 39, EU median 61. Scores move in steps of about 5; gaps of 4 or less are ties.

What would Chile need to change to score higher?

Chile sits in Weak (25 to 44); Mixed starts at 45. The two rights furthest below the 65-country median, weighted, are connected care journey (38, median 62) and patient access to the full record (45, median 62). The published rubric reads:

  • Connected care journey: Primary care, hospitals, labs, pharmacy, claims and public health linked to one record and used at national scale.
  • Patient access to the full record: A national portal showing at least part of the record (summary, prescriptions, labs) to most residents puts access at 60 to 75; a near-full record with export, long history and majority use, 76 to 90.

Which laws give health record rights in Chile?

  • Ley 20.584 (derechos y deberes de los pacientes) (2012): Confidential record kept 15 years; free, structured, portable copy for the patient on request.
  • Ley 21.668 (interoperabilidad de las fichas clinicas) (2024): Makes providers responsible for record interoperability; treating professionals get essential data for continuity.
  • Ley 19.628 (proteccion de la vida privada) (1999): Current data law; sensitive data need consent or a legal basis; enforced through the courts.

Strain and split context, not scored

Doctors per 10,000
34.9 2024 · OECD 25 of 38
Nurses and midwives per 10,000
47.2 2024 · OECD 32 of 38
Private insurance + out-of-pocket
40.5% 2023 · OECD 2 of 35
Record reaches private care?
partial

Compulsory private insurance, counted separately: 7.7% of health spending (2023).

"Public network tools exist; private links are uneven."

Published stories

  • 2026-04-23 · Poder Judicial de Chile, Corte de Apelaciones de Santiago (rol 24.909-2025) Court orders clinic to give a deceased patient's record to his children
  • 2026-05-07 · BioBioChile (BBCL Investiga) Lookup website showed patients' diagnoses to anyone who typed in their ID number

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Cite this brief

In 2026, Chile scored 39 of 100 on a person's right to see, control and share their own health record, rank 61= of 65 countries (Weak; who holds the keys: Institutional). Source: Who Holds the Record, SuperTruth, data as of 2026-10-02, https://whoholds.supertruth.ai/brief/CHL/

Sources for Chile (18)

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OECD: Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (38 mostly high-income countries). DTI: SuperTruth's Data Trust Index, grading the evidence behind each score. Everything here comes from public information: laws, government and regulator pages, court decisions, published news, WHO, OECD and World Bank data. Full sources: https://whoholds.supertruth.ai/brief/CHL/#sources. SuperTruth built this index and sells health data verification products; no one paid to be included. Research tool, not legal advice. Text and scores CC BY 4.0.